The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 75, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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The Winkler County News
Published Weekly—Read Daily
(Member Associated Press)
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas
Friday, March 13, 1964
School board renews contracts,
opens bids for new furniture
Contracts of 151 members of
the Kermit Independent School
District faculty were renewed
Tuesday night during a regular
meeting of the board of education.
At the same time, a calendar for
1964-65 was approved, a textbook
committee report was adopted
and 13 bids on furnishings for
buildings now under construction
were opened.
School calendar calls for 178
Council votes to retain
same pay scale for year
SIGNS PROCLAMATION — Mayor G. L. (Jerry) McGuire is pictured signing a proclamation
declaring the week of March 8-14 as Girl Scout Week in Kermit. With the Mayor are (left to right)
Mrs. W. H. McClure, chairman of Girl Scout Neighborhood Association, Girl Scout Lynn Chandler,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Chandler, and Brownie Scout Rebecca Courtright, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Courtright. (Staff Photo)
Member committee
to meet Friday
Kermit Chamber of Commerce
membership committee will meet
Friday morning at the Chamber
building, according to word from
Cleon Denison, chairman.
The meeting, first of the cur-
rent year for the committee,
will be primarily an organiza-
tional session. Officials said ten-
tative plans for membership
1 hospitalized,
9 escape injury
in 2-car mishap
Five persons under one-year without change. The report is
contracts did not request their drafted by a committee of teach-
contracts be renewed next year, ers and administrative personnel
They were S. J. Lovell, junior which includes specialists in
high teacher, who is to retire various subjects,
next year; Betty Green, Mrs. A committee of R. L. (Bob)
Myrtle Cross and Joe Beck, who Clark, Dr. Joe Heath and D. L.
indicated plans to teach else- Handlin was appointed to study
where. Mrs. Janet Kinard, East 13 bids on equipment and act
Primary teacher, requested a as the board's agent in making
leave for next year. the purchase.
-------------.......... The textbook committee re- The school is to purchase 270
days of teaching next year, with port submitted to the board by study desks 60 chair desks 35
eight days set aside for Christ- D M Mayer director of in- cafeteria tables, 245 cafeteria
mas holidays._structional services, was adopted chalrs> 15 teacher desks> 15
straight chairs, and 36 typing
units.
Items of discussion included
the following:
The school's architect re-
ported on the progress of the
current construction program.
T, ,, - He told the board work is ahead
Kermit City Council Tuesday ask for authority to seek of schedule,
night voted to retain salaries bids for the sprinkler system. Two school-owned houses, lo-
of Councilmen and the Mayor at First work will probably start cated at 524 South Avenue B
the same rate they have been for in May. and 540 South Ash Street, are
the last several years. Discussion of participating in to be sold when vacated at the
Salaries were set at $50 per the summer recreation program
month for Councilmen and $100 was delayed until the next meet-
a month for the Mayor. State ing. The delay was ordered to
law requires the Council to set give City Attorney John R. Lee
salaries of elected officials prior time to study the legality of
to the April elections. Four of the city's participation in the
the Council members voted in program,
favor of the proposition and the The summer recreation pro-
fifth member, Councilman J. L. gram was started last year as „ac u. veillclHM
SI The CO oofltairned‘ H HH *rrraT rr? ,‘T ?.lty' ‘"“Wo* Kama students to con.
The Council also opened bids county and school district. Each tests was aooroved when srhonl.
the \tmH«C°oTflling ™hi”^f0r lm™rtC0"lrIbUled $1'00° t0ltS owned vehicles are not available.
S?Hn!S r!!h <nfif£VB!?S fr0m Support* Kermit school district will be
National Cash Register Company Lee told Councilmen he thought exPected to raise about $55,000
opene^rCouncilme^r<felayedac^ the Participation was legal as *more of the operating expenses
tion on the matter unti/ after lonS as the funds were allocated next year, Miller told the board.
Citv Manaeer Howard Willing for park and recreation purposes. The economic index for Winkler
ham aSh The ci* mana^er ^s given County is up 6.3 per cent over
ant who has worked with the citv Permission to purchase an air last year, and Kermit will be
on establfshinff the ^okkeenW compressor for the fire depart- a budget-balance school by a
system can examine the Wd<f ment- The unit, which had been wider margin than last year.
newhebas^^ia^diamondn^enow
Go°—— ^
aicn bldS A city-wide clean-up week, in and other new construction,
also contained ^^eate jjro- cooperation with the Chamber of Thank you notes were read
end of the school term. Harold
Miller, director of business serv-
ices, was authorized to obtain
valuations and sell the houses.
Miller was also directed to
have boilers in schools repaired
in accordance with a boiler in-
spector's report.
Use of teachers' vehicles to
SPRING CHORES — When the weather turns warm and
the sun shines brightly gardening chores come to mind.
Starting to clean up a shrub bed is Beverly Dunn, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Dunn. (Staff Photo)
Kermit Trade Fair
slated April 24-^B
. , , ■ ~ wupeiauuu wun me unamDer o: inanK you notes were reaa Kermit's second annual Trade
posais tor lease-purchase options Commerce will be held during from a number of students at Fair will be .held April 24-26
machines. the first part of May, it was Intermediate School expressing -----------
, gelded by the Council. Dr. Fred appreciation for new lights in
indicated he would call a special Bncanek ^ a C Almond ai- staled at Se Sf The Sid announced.
at County Park, George Jones,
general chairman for the event,
Patti Hill, 7, was admitted to
campaigns during the year will Winkler County Memorial Hos
be discussed.
Hospitalized boy
wants to hear
from friends
Steve Smith, 10-year-old Ker-
pital Tuesday for observation
of possible head injuries after a
two-car collision at the inter-
section of North Avenue B and
San Antonio Street
machines.
The Council approved a pro-
gram to improve Walton Park.
Plans call for the sod to be
Suffering minor injuries were removed an a sprinkler system
Lynnette Fox and Mrs. Gann, installed. The project will be
The Fox child had a cut on her carried out in three phases in
nose and Mrs. Gann suffered a order to create as little dis-
bruise on her face. turbance as possible. First area
meeting to take action on the peared for the Chamber and approved disposal of the old light-
pledged support of the project, ing fixtures.
Jones said the Trade Fair
planning committee met Monday
resentation of local businesses
will take part in the 1964 show.
The tent will be open to the
public from 6:30-10 p.m. Friday,
2-10 p.m. Saturday and 1:30-5:30
p.m. on Sunday.
Each participating merchant is
for city races
Filing deadline passes
Filing deadline for places on for the Mayor’s chair.Incumbent
the hospital emergency room and
released, hospital officials said,
mit hnv v .T. ■ Patti Hill, daughter of Mr. and
a w J £ b H«n ghting Mrs. Jerry Hill, was knocked un-
a bout with Hodgkins disease for conscious by the accident. Her
Me nPaAndpSrLen I 3T?*, u condition was regarded as sat-
M. D. Anderson Hospital in Hou- isfactorv
*X"£VF?rS’P*S*i- The “cident °<*“rred at 8:12
c Uh . ' d nV S" c?°y.e a-m- as the cars met atthe Inter.
!”‘‘h North Pine Street, sectlon. Both vehlcles were re.
mil In two more weeks, bufin !“ded aS t0tal losses- p0liCe
-k HsSSr* byA»“
— mitt to the hosp- in a car driven 'by Mrs. Bobby Pective jurors are to report to office, the panel summoned in-
afternoon at Chamber of Com- allocated a space in the tent. He
merce building and selected the can then decorate the booth and
dates, hours for operation and install whatever displays and
discussed several other matters, wares he desires.
The Trade Fair, instigated last Jones urged business firms
year, was received extremely which participated last year to
well by community and area res- contact the Chamber office as
idents, officials said. An esti- soon as possible if they want to
mated crowd of more than 6,000 have space in this year's show,
persons visited the show during. in addition, he asked that firms
its three-day run. new to the city or who did not
A giant tent, erected in the take part during 1963 and wish
southeast corner of County Park, to participate this year, also
Police said the car driven by scheduled for reworking will be ruing ueauiiue iui yicu;co un ior me mayor s cnair.mcumoeni
Hedrick knocked over a street the Playground area on the north the April 7 city election ballot Mayor G. L. (Jerry) McGuire
Nine other persons, including sign marker, hit a tree and came side of the Park. passed at midnight Saturday with is seeking re-election. Opposing
seven school children and the to a stop after jumping a con- Willingham said city crews will no additional candidates entering him are Leslie N. Black and W.
were checked at cret^Mock fence two and a half “ ^CityManager Howard Willing- Adams is seeking re- ~"JI^Tn®l0Il;®u“ty^ark» t0 Palpate this year,
- ham said four candidates, includ- election to the Council and Peter “°usea tne booths. Admission to contact the Chamber office.
■ ei ■ tnr. ama 4nmiinKAni orn coairinct t av>a taUm nn<4 o o the tent was free and numerous
Mrs. Phillips
attends GOP
executive meet
44 summoned for jury
duty in district court
A panel of 44 Winkler County the courtroom at 9:30 a.m.,Tues-
residents has been summoned day, March 17.
ing one incumbent, are seeking l. Ehlers, John Kirby and C. R. tent was ffee and numerous
the two seats at stake on the (Bud) Worley are vying for the Prizes were given away by con-
council. seat being vacated by L. ce™St
Three candidates are vying l. Deaton. Jones said an initial letter
sent to last year's participants
_has indicated an even better ran.
relaved the’hnv^f?°hher Gann of 620 North Avenue A.
from b£y nl? ^h<e*r William L. Hedrick of 9707 West
nhnnp K? f^iends by 26th street, Odessa, was identi-
eiine Mr-S s aunt,Mrs. Cath- fled as driver of the other car
Ivenu^ “ °f 605 N°rth The other children were iden-
tified as Cathy Hill,8; Cliff Hill,
Mrs. McMillan told the Ker-
Wink chamber
renames leaders
mit Daily Sun the address is £ DA™ iff* % Rnhh^Wils™’ WINK — Wink Chamber oi Joe. M* ‘Chandler Leo Brock
Simon Steven Smith, M. D. And- g! and Marv Wilson 7 ^ * Commerce board of directors Bust®f Robinson, W E. North
eludes 34 persons from Kermit
and 10 from Wink.
Those from Kermit include
the following:
Mrs. Dixie L. Handlin, Jim-
my Gotcher, James F. Biggs,
Joe M. Chandler, Leo Brock,
ice skid the Gann car was eldoted Jhe lncumbe"t slate f D"oSens%H'jM BenMe^oeT
Steve is a Cnb Scout ot Pack Ssi™" ^ ^ *“ a - ££££«££
999, and has won many awards After ,comtoe t0 a stop lhe Tuesday.
for Scout projects. When he re- carburetor on the Gann car ig
Priebe, Mrs. A. O. Thomas,
wii vreuui a ^ Charles S. Robertson, Hugh C.
turns there are more awards to pZman^r^M" wm-o?" tinue as president and manner. Sargent, Charles W. Duncar.,
CUb SOOUt aonused an emer8ency iS 7*.vice-president; J. t ShUlingburg, Mrs. Doris
officials announce. Hn..,,ehor and J- L- Dodd, secretary and M. Jones,
While Steve is in the hospital, fltserb! Ben Cowlin^ as treasurer, are other officers. Edward L. Crow, Gerald Al-
school lessons are being con- slsf J?TnllttinP therhndrSmrf Mrs- Mona Jette is office sec* exander» Jake °- Sealy» Jerry
"ss- r. -ted were Si-TAS, JM ;■
chiidren and Mrs. Gann to the JSj
Mrs. H. B. Phillips of Ker-
mit, Republican committee-
woman for the 29th district, re-
cently attended a meeting of the
executive committee of the Re-
publican Party in Austin.
She reported that William E.
Miller, chairman of the national
Republican party met with the
group and a number of actions
were adopted. Included was a
resolution calling for a presi-
dential preference question on
the May primary ballot.
Mrs. Phillips also reported
a primary election will be held
in each of Winkler County's pre-
cincts and a county executive
committee meeting will be held
Monday.
ported.
hospital in his station wagon. .Ul Jr, Z™11*
PnwHntr tnlri nffiror.Q that nnrr eDUraxy.
O. O. Whitten, who were elected
STEVE SMITH
. . in hospital
Cowling told officers that none
of the children was thrown from
the vehicle,_
Direct phone
rates revealed
WINK — Rates for a Kermit-
Wink telephone exchange ad-
vanced by the Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company were report-
ed to the Wink Chamber of Com-
merce Wednesday.
If the two towns are convert-
ed to toll-free dialing the month-
ly rates for Wink would be $10.50
for business lines, $5.50 for one-
party residence service, and
$4,25 for two-party residential
service.
Change in the telephone ser-
vice for the two towns would
have to be approved by the Wink
City Commission and the Kermit
City Council.
Committee members are the
following:
Business extension — Creek,
chairman; O. O. Whitten and
Parr.
Tourist— Jim Marks, chair*
McClung, Elgin Maikell, W. O.
Atchley, E. S. Geer, Charles
W. Wright Jr., Lloyd Cottrell,
Mrs. Dave Sclair and J. D. Hy-
man.
Listed on the panel from Wink
are J. M. Newton, Mrs. Catalino
Manjarez, U. V. Carmen, L. V.
Hill, Allen DeWitt, Starley Wil.
man, Jay Herring and Johnney s°n, Mrs. Hugh A. Gill, C. L.
— Underhill, Hobart L. Little and
O. L. Jenkins.
S.L. Abbott
visits in city
Whiteaker.
MembershiD — Dodd, chair-
man, Jimmy Winn, Tabor Rowe
and J. V. Ogle.
Finance — Melvin Dow, chair-
man, Glenn Claiborne, Dan Aus-
tin and Raymond Garr.
Agricultural development —
Whitten, chairman, Jimmy Simp-
son and C. M. Wilson.
Dr. S. L. Abbott, Republican
--------------------- candidate for State Senator for
Community service and public the 29th Senatorial District, vis-
relations— Parr chairman, Bar- ited in Kermit Wednesday while
ton and Dfidd. campaigning in the area.
The Wink Chamber also voted The candidate, who is un-
to have five directors attend opposed for the Republican nom-
a West Texas Chamber of Com- ination, said he planned to make
merce leadership workshop a number of trips through the
March 19 and to donate $50 County before the May primary
to defray cost of historical election and would campaign in
markers in Wink. the area extensively.
DISCUSS TRADE PROMOTIONS — Members of the Retail Trade Commission of Kermit
Chamber of Commerce met Friday morning to disucss plans for the annual trade fair and other
events. Pictured studying a tentative schedule are (left to right) Gail Carley, Tom Cunnius and
Jim Cabbell. Cabbell is chairman of the committee. (Staff Photo)
, Wink
residents named
to top offices
Don L, Handlin was elected
president of a new Winkler Coun-
ty Democratic Club Monday night
during a meeting in the district
courtroom.
Elected vice-presidents of the
organization were Jim Marks
and Mrs. Robert Hawkins, both
of Wink, Mrs. Handlin was named
secretary, other officers and
committee chairmen named were
Mrs. c. B. Jones recording sec-
retary; Mrs. Tom Marion, treas-
urer; County Judge W. E. Cook,
program chairman; Mrs. Rich-
ard Milstead, membership; Mrs.
Grover Swift, publicity; Frank
Barton of Wink, finance; and J.
L. Dodd of Wink and Mrs. Laura
Furgason of Kermit, directors.
In addition to electing officers,
the approximately 100 present
discussed. plans for a political
rally of candidates tentatively
scheduled for next month.
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Sclair, Dave. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 75, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1964, newspaper, March 13, 1964; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth809966/m1/1/?q=12th%20Armored%20Memorial%20Museum: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.